Still a bit experimental, and it’s only for planar panels but I feel like I’m finally getting a reasonable automated surface unfolder using Repeat/Divide. And once you have a rationalized surface (al...
Hey look! Real stuff! Made from fake stuff! User Question: Can Revit/Vasari unfold my geometry so that I can make a paper study model? I get this question all the time and the...
quasiregular (Archimedean Solid) polyhedron, Bitch
Buildings are not monolithic things . . . if there is one thing you can say about all buildings (cave dwellers and freaky 1970’s Gunnite structures aside) it is that they are made of many, many tiny ...
Buildz is very pleased to welcome Lilli Smith for this guest post. Lilli is a Principal User Experience Designer at Autodesk, which means she researches and defines the look, feel, and function...
Takehiko Nagakura and Terry Knight are teaching an awesome class at MIT in collaboration with CO Architects. “Computational Design Lab: Reinventing BIM” is taking the inventive step of not just teach...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT Summary: We will demonstrate how Project Vasari and Revit can utilize two emerging trends in conceptual design to explore design variations: visual pr...
I’m going to be leading our free webinar tomorrow (Wednesday), talking about using formulas in Vasari families. Register now! Wed, March 21, 2012 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST Questions on this topic? Post...
What’s wrong with this picture? Well, for one, if you infinitely extend parallel lines running along element edges, they will either converge on a horizontal plane projecting out from the viewer, or ...
When: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM TUESDAY, MARCH 13 Location: Center for Architecture, Tafel Hall (Lower Level). 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY PLEASE NOTE: Space is limited. Please click HERE to reserve yo...
A great question the other day from some guys on the the construction end of things. “Is there a way to make a flattened view of a wall that is an arc in plan?” Yes! The method is a comb...
Me: You can use a non-host element reporting parameter to drive a parameter in a nested family! You: <ponder> Me: Yes! You: <ponder> Me: But-but-but . . . You can use a non-host element r...
Professor Jason Van Nest’s Special Studies class in the Architecture Department for New York Institute of Technology in NYC did this awesome model of Grant’s Tomb. ITurns out they needed a coffer dom...
Feb 8: Dealing with imported geometry Register now! Wed, Feb 8, 2012 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST Questions on this topic? Post them here. Summary: Very few Vasari projects start "from scratch."...
TinkerCAD is a free Chrome app that just rocks! Primitives based modeling that has a really interesting approach to things like boolean operations, components, and workplanes. I did manag...
Datasets and videos available for last week’s Vasari Talk: Session 7 - Analyzing Geometry using Curtain Panels and Reporting Parameters Topics Covered The ability for pattern-based curtain pane...
I’m going to be leading our free webinar later this morning, talking about using panels and reporting parameters to mine information from forms. Register now! Wed, Jan 25, 2012 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ES...
Reader question: “Can you draw a dragon? I want to see your skills of an artist.” A dragon? That’s easy! Feel free to follow along with my simple step by step instructions. I ...
One of the great joys in making building forms is coming upon a form that is both lovely and efficient. Imagine the joy when this shape is also a donut. Mmm . . . donuts. Firmness, Commod...
Dave Fano over at Case put together a nice workset checkers game for your holiday enjoyment. Myself, I’m more of a chess guy, so here’s a chess set family: 6 types, 1 parametric spline, 2 voids...
BIM Troublemaker did a great post recently on making a parametric ellipsoid. But I am lazy, and wanted to try an easier way. Shape Handles and Ellipsoids Download the file from here.
The Autodesk University folks have posted online versions of classes. Here are the three I co-presented. Twice Baked: This is a lab class and so was not recorded. However, the hando...
Reporter “Re-present (abstract or transform) information from a model.” I haven’t dealt with Woodbury’s “Reporter” pattern yet, partly because the process of abstracting information in a complex mode...
Buildz is again honored and pleased to welcome Joe Kendsersky, Autodesk Customer Success Engineer. The purpose of this post is to introduce how to create parametric profiles and use them for fo...
Scale Trans-What? Ya, scale translation surface, ask for it by name. It’s sure to provide you with nice planar panels and lots of flexibility in form making. I’m getting over my Autodesk ...
Matt Jezyk and I are sneaking in a late arriving Lab class for AU 2011. Check your schedules and head over Wednesday night at 5pm. Autodesk® Project Vasari: Playing with Energetic Supermodels C...
I was having a conversation recently with someone about how “no one sketches anymore”. I find that hard to believe . . . maybe people have different ideas of what sketching is. There’s pr...
It’s time to announce the winners for the 3rd Annual Parametric Pumpkin Carving Contest. As always, we have the Baddest, the Goodest, and the Mostest Parametric; Baddest: “Bad” in this case is ...
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This is going to be interesting! Go, Ian, GO!
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